When Bwog noticed that there was a “Found Explosive” on the Gothamist newsmap for 2950 Broadway–the address of the Journalism School–we were confused. Our confusion deepened after a call to the NYPD, who said that it was an “inert device.” Another call to Columbia Public Safety yielded another dimension to the puzzle: the bomb was […]

Course registration starts next week! Watch out, kids–catchy class title can be deceptive…but they do make planning your schedule a lot more entertaining. Bwog staffer Alec Turnbull combed through the Bulletin for the best of Fall 2007. Back to the Future HISTORY/THEORY OF AVANT-GARDE – Art History BC3658 HISTORY OF THE FUTURE- History W4914 MULTIPLE […]

Julia Kite emails us with the following tip: “The Journalism School’s graduation speaker will be Ben Bradlee…yes, THE Ben Bradlee who was editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate Scandal and one of three people who knew the identity of Deep Throat, à la All the President’s Men.” According to a recent Gawker post, […]

Bwogger Kate Redburn brings us good tidings of the latest goodie to add to your iTunes.   I have a date with destiny, and it’s May 30, 2007. That’s when one of my all-time favorite musicians, Manu Chao, is playing my hometown. I’ve never been more excited about a concert, but only partially because of […]

Student Loan Xpress gets knocked out of the Circle of Trust, not allowed at our parties anymore Now we’ve got insurance coverage overseas, for anything from “personal catastrophe” to “political unrest.”  Perfect. …And speaking of overseas, you’d better leave those hedonistic texts at home before going to Egypt. Down with the Senate! Reform! REVOLUCIÒN Heaven […]

Professor Thomas Bernstein (Life Cycles of Communist Regimes) is wise in his old years.  Earlier today, he explained a fashion phenomenon with a silver tongue: “I don’t understand why it is that people wear baggy pants. Soviet leaders used to wear them in the 1950s, but then they wised up, got Italian suits and looked […]

It may feel like the beginning of second semester outside, but the 40 Days event is happening now out on Low Plaza.  To the delight of many, they’ve got more sandwiches than one can shake a stick at.  But it turns out a large bunch of seniors are in the middle of another countdown, that […]

A tipster squeals: “Food Expo at John Jay Dining Hall! Chicken Nuggets! Cookie Accosters! Free Naked Juice! Hurry!” That’s all we got. And accoster’s not in the widget dictionary.

CORRECTION, 9:30 PM: International students with Bachelor’s degrees have, in fact, twelve months (but only 12 months!) after graduation under the F-1 visa’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) . For more information, see here. Bwog staff would also like to note that one of our sources, i.e. The Daily Princetonian, made no note of this either. […]

Charlow’s loathsome acts, subsequent “eyebrow raising” Numbers for your ego Teetotalers at Columbia are people too Read this: Minutemen protesters rebuff charges against them Staff beats around the big ol’ bush More on Charlowheist: The New York Times’ coverage What’s going on at UT, And at USC And the clincher: “Lenders also paid for trips […]

Akon has two new singles out and three still on the charts.  Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki asks what, exactly, he’s giving us. I wrote a much longer piece for this week on Akon, Einstein, populism, and “Smack That.”  But it topped out at like 1,754 words, which I think is around 1,752 more than […]

In a nutshell: Associate Dean of Financial Affairs David Charlow, who deals with financial aid, is in the doghouse for having invested heavily in Student Loan XPress, which Columbia recommends to students for their loans. Here’s MSNBC coverage, and more from 1010 Wins. On campus, CTV got the story first, and Spec was hot on […]

Protesting sure has taken an interesting turn at American colleges recently. Let’s start here at Columbia. As of 6 pm, there were five protestors outside the main gates, protesting about the Minuteman protest which occured six months ago today.  What about it?  Three prim women, from New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement, are upset […]

For those of you bastards who aren’t trying to find off campus housing for two years because Wien blows, here’s your goddamn suite selection times.  Have a wonderful time next year with your kitchens, bathrooms, and common area, assholes, you “earned” it.   Some blowhard calling himself (or herself) the God of Housing has posted […]

While Columbia has not gotten the best press in the New York Post lately, The Chronicle of Higher Education has nothing but good things to say about our school, or at least its pranks.  The Chronicle’s article on “The College Prank as Viral Video” includes not one but two pranks by Prangstgrüp, the latter of […]